There are ways to combat the SPAM problem on vBulletin. Use the email confirmation thing on registration and captcha. There's a mod on vbulletin.org which is an alternative to captcha that a lot of people have had a lot of success with -- maybe look into that?

Thank you so much.

My main concern is that is a forum still relevant?

Or having discussions per article is much better?

thanks

Forums are far from obsolete... they encourage discussion among peers, and every member can start new discussions. Blogs tend to be driven by the primary author(s). It's hard for someone else to introduce a new direction for conversation.

From a spam standpoint, blogs get plenty of spam, too. For both forums and blogs, you need to turn on all the various spam prevention features, and most likely install some plugins, too.

mod on vbulletin.org which is an alternative to captcha that a lot of people have had a lot of success with

Yeah I use this, it merely asks a simple question. The questions rotate at random and YOU make up the questions and answers. Works far better then captcha at keeping out spam.

Do you know how to get that mode in vBul?

Thanks

Is a forum still relevant? Maybe ask Brett ;-)